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Alien invasion

Other (objects, etc.) theme

Features aliens invading Earth or the protagonist's planet of residence, airspace or space territory, or is generally a major theme or plot point.

553
games
99
platforms
Save New York (Commodore 64)
Save New York
C64 1983
Alien Storm (Atari ST)
Alien Storm
ST ? *
Aliants: The Desperate Battle for Earth (Atari ST)
Aliants: The Desperate Battle for Earth
ST 1987
Apple Invader (Apple II E)
Apple Invader
IIE 1979-07
Triclops Invasion (Amiga OCS)
Triclops Invasion
OCS 1986
Forgotten Worlds (Arcade)
Forgotten Worlds
ARCD 1988-07-29
Saucer Attack! (Commodore 64)
Saucer Attack!
C64 1984
Shadowgrounds (Windows)
Shadowgrounds
WIN 2005-11-11
Space Investors (MS-DOS)
Space Investors
DOS 1986
The Dreadnaught Factor (Intellivision)
The Dreadnaught Factor
INTV 1983
Space Invaders II (Arcade)
Space Invaders II
ARCD 1980
X-COM: Terror from the Deep (MS-DOS)
X-COM: Terror from the Deep
DOS 1995
Implied: alien menace, invasion (in case it's not by animalistic or lesser aliens)
In case of a "space game", this should be only used if the alien species is formerly unknown, as otherwise it's just the neighboring nation invading even if they aren't human.

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Games by year

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The first Alien invasion video game was released in 1978.

Sega, 2K Games and Taito published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 87
Linux 74
MS-DOS 33
Apple II E 25
ZX Spectrum 17
C64 16
PS 13
Mac OS X 13
PS2 12
X360 12
Mac OS Classic 12
Arcade 11
Atari 400/800 10
Amstrad CPC 10
Atari 5200 10
Tandy Coco 10
Memotech MTX 9
PS3 9
Atari ST 8
C16/Plus4 7
Amiga 7
NES 7
BeOS 6
Saturn 6
ZX 81 5
TRS-80 5
Xbox 5
BSD 5
Dreamcast 4
Atari 2600 4

Most common companies

Sega14
2K Games13
Taito12
U.S. Gold9
Electronic Arts8
Atari7
D3 Publisher7
Ocean7
Activision7
THQ7
Valve6
Microprose6
505 Games6
InterAction studios6
Enix5